

![]() | Fast Breakin’ Lakers Win Dallas Tourney The Fast Breakin’ Lakers came out victorious when they traveled to Dallas, TX the weekend of January 19th through the 21st. The tournament was played round robin style with the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the San Antonio Spurs...more |
| The Los Angeles Lakers and NBA Cares Participate in “Shoot for Hope” When 16-year-old Garylee Zuniga came to Staples Center to watch his favorite team play, he didn’t know that he would leave with a new friend. Born with half a heart, Garylee has spent most of his childhood at the Ronald McDonald House in Tucson, Arizona, where he receives yearly checkups at the University Medical Center nearby. On this night....more |
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| CourtStars Basketball Clinics Monday, December 18th marked the debut of CourtStars, a series of youth basketball clinics, at Branford Recreation Center in Arleta. Throughout 2006, FSN West, FSN Prime Ticket and the Department of Recreation and Parks partnered to improve or replace eight local Recreation Center basketball courts in the Los Angeles area....more |
| Fast Breakin' Lakers host skills clinic/Las Vegas Tournament As part of its community outreach, the Fast Breakin’ Lakers, sponsored by AbilityFirst and the Los Angeles Lakers, recently held a wheelchair basketball clinic at the Maywood Recreation Center. Children and adults, with and without disabilities, learned more about wheelchair basketball, received one-on-one coaching and participated in free.....more |
![]() | Lakers Host Make a Wish Night on December 8th In support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, the Lakers joined in the Foundation’s A Season of Wishes holiday campaign by designating the December 8th home game Wish Night with the Lakers....more |
| Vladimir Radmanovic Hosts Holiday “Giving Tree” On December 16th, Los Angeles Lakers forward, Vladimir Radmanovic, hosted his first “Giving Tree” at the Westside Pavilion, benefiting Children Uniting Nations. Fans who purchased a holiday gift from the “Giving Tree,” ....more |
| 2nd Annual Kwame Brown Toy Drive On December 9th, Kwame Brown hosted his second annual Toy Drive at the Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey benefiting the National Kidney Foundation of Southern California. One thousand children and adults were in attendance from Loma Linda, Harbor UCLA, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, UCLA, and Cedar-Sinai. Many of the.....more |
| December Student/Teacher of the Month Winners This month, the Lakers honored teachers and students who exemplified outstanding performance in their schools, athletic programs, and in the community. The Lakers are proud to announce December’s Student of the Month winners, Matthew Maravilla, Crystal Ozambela, and Yurnee Wright, and Teacher of the Month...more |
| Annual Los Angeles Lakers Holiday Party for Children On December 16th, the entire Lakers team and Laker Girls partnered with The Mattel Toy Store and LA Scores to host the Annual Los Angeles Lakers Holiday Party for Children. Continuing their “A Season of Giving” campaign, the Lakers invited 70 children from LA Scores to spend an afternoon with the team to celebrate the holiday season....more |
| Chick Hearn Night 2006 The Los Angeles Lakers celebrated the 4th Annual Chick Hearn Night on Sunday, November 26th, the day before what would have been the legendary Hall of Fame sports broadcaster’s 90th birthday, by giving away a one-of-a-kind gift to fans, acknowledging two scholarship recipients at halftime, and holding a book drive in Chick’s memory...more |
| Fast Breakin’ Laker Wheelchair Basketball On Friday, October 20th, the Fast Breakin’ Laker Wheelchair Basketball team showed off their skills during halftime of the Lakers-Hornets game at STAPLES Center. In recognition of October as Disability Awareness Month, the players had a 7 minute...more Click Here For The Complete Fast Breakin’ Laker Schedule |
| Los Angeles Lakers host Holiday Fishing Trip On Friday, December 1st, Laker players, Brian Cook and Ronny Turiaf, along with Coach Brian Shaw and the Laker Girls surprised a boat full of homeless children and adults at Pierpont Landing in Long Beach. The Lakers partnered with a youth fishing program, 976-TUNA, to host the fishing trip for these children and adults...more |
| November 2006 Student Teacher of the Month Winners The Lakers and Staples are proud to announce the recipients of November’s Student and Teacher of the Month awards. This month’s Student winners are Sogol Behnam, Hailey Gutierrez, and Emily Solis. The Teacher winners are Judy Grady, Paul Renaker, and Daniel Velasco...more |
| Lakers Surprise US Vets with a Thanksgiving Meal Laker players Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Luke Walton, Maurice Evans, Andrew Bynum, Ronny Turiaf, and Jordan Farmar stopped by the US VETS Westside Residence Hall in Inglewood by to help serve an early Thanksgiving meal to 300 US Vets on November 18th. The residents were not expecting their visit and the cafeteria erupted...more |
| Vladimir Radmanovic Participates in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Vladimir Radmonivic stopped by Castle Heights Elementary School in Los Angeles to help launch this year’s “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF” program. Vladi spent time talking to the students about his relationship with UNICEF while growing up in Yugoslavia. The program was started over 50 years ago when a group of children collected...more |
| See Your Name In Lights At STAPLES CENTER You may post a Welcome, Happy Birthday or Happy Anniversary message for a fee of $50.00 per message. Please review the below guidelines, and then complete the attached message request form, sign the form and fax it back to the Lakers Community Relations Department at least 48 hours prior to the desired game...more |
| Lakers Surprise Students at Carr Elementary School To kick of the 2006-07 NBA Cares season, Lakers Kobe Bryant, Kwame Brown, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, Sasha Vujacic, Vladi Radmanovic, Jordan Farmar, Assistant Coach Craig Hodges, and Laker Girls Annika and Lindsay surprised the students at Carr Elementary School in Torrance...more |
| Lakers "Paint The Town" On October 18, Lakers players Jordan Farmar, Devin Green, Smush Parker, J.R. Pinnock, and Ronny Turiaf visited local Kragen Auto Parts and Albertsons stores to kick off their “Paint the Town” campaign. The goal of this promotion...more |
| Student and Teacher of the Month 2006-07. Sponsored by STAPLES, the Lakers Student and Teacher of the Month program allows for schools in the Los Angeles area to nominate outstanding teachers and students for a chance to be invited to and recognized at a Lakers home game...more |
| Lakers help unveil new court for NBA Cares “Es Tu Cancha (It’s Your Court)” community initiative. On September 25th, Andrew Bynum and Craig Hodges stopped by the Nueva Maravilla Housing Development in Los Angeles to help unveil the community’s newly renovated basketball court and host a clinic for neighborhood children. More... |
